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The second annual Sport Pilot Expo, scheduled for this week in Sebring, Fla., has been postponed due to the threatened imminent landfall of Hurricane Wilma in the region. Expo Board Chairman Bob Wood said Thursday this was the prudent thing to do. “We don’t want to face a situation where the hurricane might render our […]

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Kitfox aircraft kit manufacturer Skystar Aircraft Corp. has filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 7, EAA reported on Tuesday. According to documents obtained by EAA, the filing took place on Friday, Oct. 14, in Idaho. Those documents show the company’s claimed assets totaled about $1.1 million, with liabilities of nearly $1.7 million. Skystar President Frank Miller […]

Tests have been extended for another six months of an experimental acoustic technology system that could detect and track wake vortices. The sensor, called Socrates, is being developed by Flight Safety Technologies together with Lockheed Martin, with funding from NASA. The system employs an acoustic technique borrowed from underwater sonar that uses lasers as microphones […]

Diamond Aircraft Industries announced on Monday that the European Aviation Safety Agency has certified its single-engine diesel-powered DA40 TDI Diamond Star with the G1000 glass cockpit. Meanwhile, in the U.S., the Diamond Aircraft Pilots and Owners Organization (DAPO) will host its First Annual Southwest Fly-In on Oct. 29 at Double Eagle II Airport in Albuquerque, […]

Aviator Gus McLeod launched on Sunday for a second try to circumnavigate the world crossing both poles — a flight he attempted once already — but a gear malfunction has delayed his plan for at least a week. McLeod took off from Gaithersburg Airpark in Maryland, and heard a rattling noise from his experimental Firefly […]

Flight instructor Syd Utting was 45 minutes into a training flight in Scotland with former Navy pilot Keith Thomson on board last Friday afternoon, when air traffic controllers asked for his help. Two Royal Air Force pilots based nearby had ejected from an F3 Tornado at about 10,000 feet, about 10 miles offshore, before the […]

It’s no secret that the major legacy airlines have been struggling for years, but now the high cost of fuel is putting even some of the better non-legacy performers — like Southwest Airlines and some of the regional operators — closer to the edge. “It’s getting harder and harder to find any winners among the […]

AIRMANSHIP Father’s Day TFRTo avoid those ubiquitous Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs), it should be sufficient to get a briefing from Flight Service and ask for all the pertinent TFRs for your route. How wrong you would be … _____________WHAT’S NEW What’s New For OctoberThis month AVweb’s survey of the latest products and services for pilots, […]